Hi friends, I am a novice and trying to install Debian onto my system without success so far :( My system config: K62 350mh, Super 7 MOBO, 128 M Ram My hard disk partitioned with Partition Magic 7 as: Hard disk 1 80G Primary 1 4G win98 Primary 2 4G win 98 Primary 3 4G win 98 Primary 4 68G extended (many more partitions) Hard disk 2 8G Primary 1 4G win98 Primary 2 2G win 98 Primary 3 2G linux I copied the Debian distribution folder onto HD1 Pri 1 partition, bootup into DOS execute install.bat and the configurating process could not detect my system hard drives at all Any help will be appreciated. STan

First off you really need at least two partitons for linux, one for your root file system (/) and one for swap (~=RAM). You also want to download bootable ISOs instead of distribution folders, head over to www.linuxiso.org to grab the latest. You may also want to think about giving linux a little more space than 2Gb. If you can I would suggest copying all your stuff from the second hard drive onto the first and then use the whole disk for linux....8Gb should be fine.

you may also want to consider a network/ftp install if you have a cable modem. i say this only because i downloaded woody CD1 and it would not get xserver running correctly on my Matrox G400. Installing from floppy/cable modem resolved all my problems.

A quick (25 min)and painless Debian install is knoppix. Be sure and download the EN (english) version and burn a CD. You will need a 3Gb partition to install from the CD to your HD. It usually gets all H/W running. Once up, you can use all Debian tools to upgrade. knoppix has mozilla and OpenOffice installed by default.